What cell phone provider and device do you have?

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I have Verizon service, and I love it. I travel frequently, and I can get a signal from a lot of places that others can't. I also have had great experiences with their customer service. Plus I get a discount through work, so that helps, too.
I currently have an LG EnV Touch, but I need a new phone. I can't decide between an iPhone, Droid or Blackberry.
 

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iPhone 4 on the Verizon network. I couldn't be any happier with my experience. Plain & simple.


Prior to that, still on Verizon, I had the Blackberry Tour. It was also a good phone - I liked how customizable the interface was - but not even in the same galaxy as the iPhone performance-wise. There is one thing Blackberry has over iPhone: BRICKBREAKER!!!!! to which I am still hopelessly addicted, and I still have my old phone, totally wiped but I keep it charged and use it to play Brickbreaker
 

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I have Verizon...Expensive but hands down the best provider in my opinion. I have the Droid X (I copied off on Winchester when I saw her phone I fell in love and jumped on it when I had my upgrade)

One thing I learned the hard way was that even though these phones are made for use they are not made for my kinda use. I fried two phones in two weeks from my internet usage and massive amounts of typing so I got my computer turned back on to cut back on my typing so I didnt fry the keyboard again. Haha I learned my lesson that Im ridiculously HARD on my phones cuz I use the heck out of them!!!
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

I have Verizon...Expensive but hands down the best provider in my opinion. I have the Droid X (I copied off on Winchester when I saw her phone I fell in love and jumped on it when I had my upgrade)
Yep, love my Droid X! I ridiculously love my X! DH loves his Droid X, too. We're on Verizon. We also have my MIL on our plan and we pay for her every month. She has a regular clam-style phone and it suits her purposes. It's expensive for the three of us, but it's well worth it in our opinion. DH wasn't happy about going to Droids; I'm the one who pushed the idea. But now? Just try taking that phone away from him....not going to happen.


We have unlimited everything. We both browse the web, we text constantly with each other during our day at work and with relatives and friends, I email quite a bit on my phone now, too. On Tuesday with the earthquake, everybody and her sister was texting me, just checking up. (Which they say is better than trying to make phone calls as texts have a better and faster chance of getting through than phone calls.)

DH and I are both big Angry Birds fans. I also have Word Wrap and Word Twist on my phone and play those, too. And most of the time, that's how I take my pictures now. I always have my phone with me, but don't always have my camera with me. I even take the Droid with me in the field for work and then email my pictures back to the office, so they're ready for me when I get back.

I guess I'm one of those people, too, only with a Droid instead of an iPhone.

Love my Droid X.
 

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I have an HTC Thnderbolt, (Android 4G) and my carrier is Verizon. I was the only person among my friends that didn't lose service on Tuesday after we had the little quake tremors.

I'll be sticking with Verizon, especially since we are hosting hurricane Irene on Sunday.
 

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I have Verizon, and my phone is a BlackBerry Tour. I probably will upgrade to a HTC Thunderbolt or HTC Merge next month though. My friend works for Verizon and can get me a great deal on the Merge. Might also wait to see what other phones come out in between. My "Loyalty" discount is in Sept ontop of my already available upgrade. I love my Tour, but it's beginning to freeze/get slow, and I'd love an Android phone.

I've only ever had 1 bad experience with Verizon about 4 years ago, but everything else has been good. I have the unlimited data plan, which will be grandfathered for as long as I keep a smartphone on the plan (because Verizon switched to tiered data in July).
 

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I have an iPhone 4 with AT&T and have for years ( had a previous model). I completely satisfied.
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

One thing I learned the hard way was that even though these phones are made for use they are not made for my kinda use. I fried two phones in two weeks from my internet usage and massive amounts of typing so I got my computer turned back on to cut back on my typing so I didnt fry the keyboard again. Haha I learned my lesson that Im ridiculously HARD on my phones cuz I use the heck out of them!!!
It's not really possible to fry a phone from typing too much on it or using the internet too much. Phones are similar to computers. Even if you type on a computer for hours and hours every day, it's not enough to cause it to burn out. It takes years of wear to actually fry them, though usually it's a clogged up hard drive/virus damage/heat damage that ruin computers.
You just got some lemons is all.
 

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Originally Posted by Minka

It's not really possible to fry a phone from typing too much on it or using the internet too much. Phones are similar to computers. Even if you type on a computer for hours and hours every day, it's not enough to cause it to burn out. It takes years of wear to actually fry them, though usually it's a clogged up hard drive/virus damage/heat damage that ruin computers.
You just got some lemons is all.
It actually is possible considering the drastic difference between a computer with a hard keyboard and an all touch screen phone. They both do the same basics but there are massive differences between the two that can make them work or handle things differently.





***Verizon upgraders....Be careful when upgrading. I just used my upgrade right after they went tiered and OMG was there frickin issues. It might be better now but right after they made the switch they actually tried to refuse to let me grandfather my unlimited data plan because it was a 'buddy upgrade' which basically means that I upgraded DFs line but activated the phone on my number. They tried fighting tooth and nail that we couldnt keep the unlimited data on both lines but after what felt like a billion hours and ten thousand different people on the phone they finally got it straightened out so if they say your unlimited isnt grandfathered in dont let them get away with it......Oh and another trick...Say you have an Env3 with unlimited data and want a droid..Guess what you dont get your unlimited data because they have two different plans, one for multimedia phones like the Env3 and the plans for Droids and smart phones. There was a huge massive snit fit in the Verizon forums about people being told their data plan was grandfathered in till they went to use their upgrade and got jipped big time especially people who added the data before they went tiered to have it for their upgrade to be able to go to a droid (who really wants to spend 500 on a phone) and got jipped even after they were told "Oh if you add it now then you are good to have unlimited data on a droid".....Crazyness!!!
 

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I have AT&T. I had a simple phone until I went in to upgrade my old one that was a piece of ****, and all the new phones were like 100 bucks! I really wanted the Rugby one that my parents have but they raised the price to $120. It's waterproof, drop proof, and crush proof - it's fallen in the pool many times! But instead they were running a special where the old iphones (3GS) were only $49, and we get an employee discount on data plans so it all worked out. I mostly use it for the map feature because I'm always getting lost.
Supposedly, my great great great (?) grandfather or something like that was the founder of AT&T. You should think that A) I'd get a discount and B) The service would actually work! :p
 

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I have Verizon wireless as the service provider and I have the LG Envy II phone.
 

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Originally Posted by Minka

If you were paying $100 before with Sprint, but now you are paying $150 for the same thing, I don't understand how you think you were being ripped off??
Ha sorry. I need to learn to not type when I'm so sleepy. At any rate, I was paying close to $200 for 2 phones (Blackberries) and now pay $150 for 3 (2 iPhones, 1 cheap). That's what I meant.
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

It actually is possible considering the drastic difference between a computer with a hard keyboard and an all touch screen phone. They both do the same basics but there are massive differences between the two that can make them work or handle things differently.
I understand that they do things differently, but electronic parts are electronic parts. They don't just fry from typing too much.
And especially with almost all touch screens being capacitive, its not even possible to physically wear them out because you aren't pushing two screens together but instead it is picking up on your natural electricity.
 

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Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

***Verizon upgraders....Be careful when upgrading. ... Crazyness!!!
I understand why people are upset, but honestly, "special" data packs for smart phones have been around for years ($30 per phone per month every month for the rest of eternity), so it's not really a big switcheroo they're trying to pull now that they're tiered. It's just that the people with non-smart (dumb?
) phones didn't know we were shelling out that money every month for the privilege of app-buying and web-browsing.
 

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Originally Posted by parsleysage

I understand why people are upset, but honestly, "special" data packs for smart phones have been around for years ($30 per phone per month every month for the rest of eternity), so it's not really a big switcheroo they're trying to pull now that they're tiered. It's just that the people with non-smart (dumb?
) phones didn't know we were shelling out that money every month for the privilege of app-buying and web-browsing.
^This.

My boyfriend wants to upgrade his phone with sprint, but doesn't want to pay $10 more a month (er, well his parents technically pay the bill :p), and my boss told him to 'suck it up.' xD
 

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Originally Posted by parsleysage

I understand why people are upset, but honestly, "special" data packs for smart phones have been around for years ($30 per phone per month every month for the rest of eternity), so it's not really a big switcheroo they're trying to pull now that they're tiered. It's just that the people with non-smart (dumb?
) phones didn't know we were shelling out that money every month for the privilege of app-buying and web-browsing.
I didnt mind they went tiered when I found out my unlimited was grandfathered in because Im one of people who 'instigated' the need for tiered because for the longest time we didnt have tv so everything was off my phone and I used WAYYYYYYY over the 2gb limit for the $30 pack. The Verizon guy didnt believe me till I told him to go thru my data usage for the past couple month. LOL I use the heck outta my phone.

I think what a lot of people were mad about was that they were adding unlimited data for their multimedia phones and being told if they added the unlimited data in the time frame than they kept their unlimited data but we not told that there were two different types of data packages so when they used their upgrade to get a droid or blackberry or whatever they were stuck getting a tiered data package even though they were told they got their unlimited data. Thats the basic jist of what I got out of all the complaining. Most of those people atleast got their situation straightened out by having a form filed so they could get their unlimited data back because they were misinformed. Unfortunately when they made the switch they didnt give everyone who needed the correct info early enough so they could inform customers properly.
 

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I am on the family plan with my parents and we have Verizon.

I upgraded from my LG EnV Touch (which I HATED that phone!) to the Samsung Fascinate. I LOVE this phone and it only costs me $20 more for the data package.

I agree and understand the data package completely because these new android phones are CONSTANTLY upgrading themselves. And with unlimited internet it doesn't cost us an extra penny for the phone to download the new updates.
 
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